Job vacancy – Project Officer at Kiplin Hall and Gardens

Kiplin is seeking someone to help us to make the most of our recently secured new collection. The Annie Marchant Kitchen and Dairy Collection is a social history collection and primarily consists of objects relating to kitchen’s and dairies. Most are Victorian but there are some older and some later.

The main objective for this post is to help us to accession the collection, research it, develop a temporary display for some of the objects, help plan the longer-term display and interpretation, and prepare learning and marketing resources to support the collection. You will have a budget to enable you to undertake this project. In undertaking the role, you will have the support of our Curator, Warden and Marketing and Communication Officer.

Post:                                      Project Officer

Dates:                                    Eighteen months from start

Location:                               Kiplin Hall, near Scorton, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 6AT

Salary:                                   £25,000 per annum

Hours of work:                    Full time (40 Per week) occasional weekend and evening work may be required

Responsible to:                   Director 

See https://kiplinhall.co.uk/jobs/ for the role description for further details and a role profile about the position.  

Closing date for applications – 12noon Monday 7 September 2020  

Interviews to be held – Thursday 17 September 2020

Please note interviews will be held virtually for preference, though a candidate can request an on-site interview.

If you are interested in applying for the post of Project Officer, please send your CV and a covering letter of a maximum of 2 side of A4 only which shows how you meet the criteria for the position.  Please send this information to director@kiplinhall.co.uk or post to Kiplin Hall, Near Scorton, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 6AT.

For informal discussion please contact James Etherington on director@kiplinhall.co.uk to arrange a time for a phone call to discuss the post.